'Sharp, savage and tense' Sunday Times Crime ClubSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGERLuis Machi has had enemies for a long time thanks to his corrupt business dealings and cooperation with the military junta's coup, not to mention the numerous infidelities of his love life. What is new, however, is the corpse chained to the boot of Machi's car with furry pink handcuffs . . . Someone is trying to set him up and the number of suspects is incalculable. Machi is stuck dredging his guilty past for clues and trying to dispose of the mystery corpse. But time is just another enemy and it's running out fast.
Les mer
A wickedly dark, multi-award-winning noir novel in translation about corruption in the Argentine state
This novel should come with a hazardous-material warning . . . First words to last, it's strong stuff

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781786896995
Publisert
2021-04-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Black Thorn
Vekt
154 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224

Forfatter
Oversetter

Om bidragsyterne

K. Ferrari was born in Buenos Aires. He is the author of several novels, collections of short fiction and a book of non-fiction. He is the winner of the Casa de las Américas Prize. Like Flies from Afar is the first of his books to be translated into English and is published in Argentina, Spain, Italy, France and the US. It was shortlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger.

Adrian Nathan West is the author of The Aesthetics of Degradation. He is a contributor to the Times Literary Supplement and the Literary Review; his essays, short fiction and translations have also appeared in the New York Review of Books, McSweeney's, the London Review of Books and other publications. @a_nathanwest | anathanwest.com